THIS is a revised and enlarged version of the author's Laboratory Manual published in 1913. In addition to some fifteen new experiments, introductory paragraphs have been prefixed to each experiment ...

A row has broken out in France over whether 15- and 16-year-olds should be allowed to create transgenic Escherichia coli bacteria in the classroom. Practical experiments in which students learn how to ...

Laboratories are an inherent part of technology qualifications, as practical experiments are essential for students to acquire the competencies and skills that they will need during their future ...

Albert Einstein may be best known as the wire-haired whacky physicist who gave us the theory of relativity, but that's just one facet of this genius's contribution to human knowledge and modern ...

The Global Chemistry Experiment, entitled “Water: A chemical solution”, asks primary and secondary school pupils to carry out experiments on water quality (testing its salinity and acidity, learning ...

A Facility Manager in a university described a range of practical grassroots initiatives, many of which are designed by and for disabled scientists. These can transform people's experiences of working ...